Color Is An Event

March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment |

Color doesn’t exist out there. Color is produced inside us. Color is the human response to vibrations in a narrow part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Color is an event. In any color event you need a light source and an observer – and often an object that reflects the light perceived. There is no color without an observer – just energetic vibrations.

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Our perception of color is complex; part physical, part biological, part psychological. Understanding more about our different responses to color and how they interact helps visual artists be more visually sensitive observers and more effective communicators.

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Learn more in my workshop The Power of Color.

Learn more with my DVDs on Color here.

Learn more with my free color resources here.

Category: Color - Physics/Biology, Color - Theory
Tags: biology, color exercise, color theory, electromagnetic spectrum, perception, physics, psychology

Beau Lotto – Optical Illusions Show How We See

October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment |

We learn to see. Brilliant demonstrations. Implications far beyond color.

Category: Color - Physics/Biology, Video
Tags: beau lotto, Color, Optical Illusions, TED

Color Memory is Fluid

April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment |

A lot of photographers set an objective to match color the way they remember it. But how reliable is their color memory? Not very.

Try this. Look at this color. Then hide it. Mix it in Photoshop. Then compare your results with the original. Were you too light or dark, warm or cool, saturated or desaturated? Do this with 50 different colors and you’ll start to be able to identify consistent errors, which indicates your color tendencies and preferences.

Find out more in my downloads , DVDs, and workshops.

See the results my workshop students generated this week. Read more

Category: Color - Physics/Biology, Color - Psychology, Color - Theory
Tags: color memory